액티브 스포츠웨어 발달과정을 통한 현대 sports inspired fashion 분석

Abstract

This paper studied sports-inspired fashion(SIF) that is often characterized as ‘designer clothes inspired by activesportswear.’ First, we reviewed the social, economical, artistic, and technological background behind itsdevelopment. Second, we studied the development history of SIF by classifying it into four periods. Third, weanalyzed how SIF emerged and developed with its own characteristics from a historical perspective. For atheoretical background, we did a critical review of previous literature in the field of clothing history, history ofculture, and art history. We collected the data from magazines, such as Fashion Show and Gap Press and fromthe internet sources as well, such as firstviewkorea.com. We also did the content analysis of the data by consultinga chosen group of fashion designers. This study revealed that active sportswear started to develop from everydayclothes for functional convenience in the beginning and then SIF emerged later as a major fashion trend with thepopularity of sportive look. This trend became stronger with the global spread of American popular culture. SIFeventually became high fashion with collaboration between sportswear industry and designers. This study confirmedthat SIF reflects the characteristics of many sports games in silhouettes, colors, and details. It is predicted that sportswill continue to be an important source of inspiration for fashion designers.